Textile

Shoulder Cloth

31659

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31659
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Braided
Description

Brown with brown, blue and white stripes and braided edges

Rectangular striped plain weave cloth, most likely cotton. The catalogue card identifies it as a "shoulder cloth". The center "stripe" consists of multiple narrow brown and blue stripes flanked on each side by a white stripe and then a wide brown stripe. Bound edges. All selvages present. Color(s): Brown, blue and white .

Length 108 cm
Width 65 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2463 - Field No SF

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